Exclusive: Nikhil Bhat locks up a global action film with Universal Studios; Aims to launch the best Hollywood actors in the film

In 2023, Nikhil Bhat drew global attention with the action thriller Karan Johar and Guneet Monga, Kill, led by Lakshya. The film has toured in several film festivals and has also managed to do decent business in the box office in India, winning the appreciation of revolutionary action sequences. Since then, there have been several reports on what Nikhil Bhat is, because actors in the North and South have shown interest in collaborating with him.

And now IHNS has learned exclusively that Nikhil Bhat has locked a film with Hollywood Giant, Universal Studios. “Nikhil Bhat has been meeting universal studios leaders for some time now, and things are finally on paper. MAP, “revealed a source close to development.

The source also informed that Nikhil initially planned to set up an action drama, but the writing process has made an organic way an extravagance of global action. “The filmmaker plans to launch the best Hollywood stars to run the film, and the names are also in the discussion at Universal Studios. This is one of these scripts that justifies the presence of global stars, and the casting will take everyone in India by surprise. Things are currently held under Wraps.”

Nikhil Bhat should take the film on the floors in 2026, and the exact deadlines will be locked once they have a casting on board. Meanwhile, Nikhil Bhat’s next film is with Murad Khetani, which is currently at the pre-production stage. The duo has already worked on Apurva. Stay listening to IHNS for more updates

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